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| Council Completes Annual "Retreat" The Loveland City Council completed their annual retreat at Group Publishing that included meals with spouses at Centerra's Bent Fork restaurant. The City Clerk was prompt in posting the notes from the meetings which are available online. The Council did go into closed session to discuss further property annexations along I-25. Capital improvements, future projects and attracting new business were among the items discussed during the two days of meetings but most topics were referred to standing committees for further consideration. See the Reporter-Herald and Loveland Connection stories regarding the retreat. Both stories concentrate on the economic development portion of the meeting. |
| Lame-Duck Council Raided Future Revenue and Fire Safety Funds To Buy 98 Acres Along I-25 - One Protested |
| Councilwoman Johnson Ignores Her Own Legal Advice see complete story |
| Councilwoman Johnson napping at the July 1, 2008 council meeting |
| Golden Nest Eggs Coming Back Council members Carol Johnson, Larry Heckel, Glenn Rousey and Mayor Pielin instructed the city manager that they want to vote again on providing special health benefits to retiring senior city employees at a future meeting. The issue has been scheduled to return on August 19, 2008. see story regarding previous discussion and vote on the issue. |
| Council chamber standing room only Angry residents asked for relief from noisy train horns at the July 1, 2008 City Council meeting. Council largely tried issue to federal levelissue to federal level see story |
| Fire Chief And City Manager - Didn't See Eye to Eye On A Number of Issues Loveland Fire Chief Mike Chard was placed on administrative leave August 1, and resigned his post by August 6, but not before receiving six months severance bonus pay of $50,000 to keep quiet after his departure. Read the original story. see story |
| Loveland City Council Study Session On Transportation Becomes TABOR Gripe Session Loveland's City Council study session with State Representative Don Marostica and Bill Kaufman to discuss transportation issues goes off track. Instead, the lawmaker, mayor, council and state employee discussed ways to remove TABOR from the state constitution and other means for raising taxes without the consent of the governed. see story |
| When Loveland's Director of Human Resources Todd Gamble sees Councilwoman Carol Johnson heading towards his office he can usually guess why she is visiting. Johnson is on a mission to have Loveland's City Manager, Don Williams, replaced. She has complained to Gamble and has taken her case to some council colleagues according to two independent sources working in city hall. Click Here |
| One Councilor Lobbies To Replace City Manager |
| Next Council Study Session: Train Noise Consultant Says $9.5 Million Required for Quiet Zones Loveland City Council to focus on train noise for study session. Read the story |
| Reporter-Herald Lends Credibility To Outrageous Claim That 1 in 4 Loveland Teens are Homeless Teen Survey At High Schools Reports Preposterous Results see story |
| Councilman Challenges LovelandPolitics Councilman Glenn Rousey, like some colleagues, is pretending he never supported McWhinney's proposed 5th amendment to its agreement with the City of Loveland. LovelandPolitics SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT - see the video |